TEHRAN, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Iran's reformist opposition leaders on Saturday urged the country's senior clerics to help release the protestors arrested following the disputed June 12 presidential election.
The opposition leaders, including defeated presidential candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi and former reformist president Mohammad Khatami, made the request in a joint statement.
The only way to solve the situation is to release the pro-reform detainees immediately and not to link them with foreign countries, said the statement posted on Mousavi's Ghalamnews website.
The reformist leaders also called on the top clerics to remind the authorities of the "harmful consequences" of breaking the laws.
On June 13, the Iranian interior ministry announced incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won 62.63 percent of the total ballots, while his main rival Mousavi got 33.75 percent.
After the official declaration, all the three defeated candidates filed complaints over irregularities in the election, while Mousavi and Karroubi have demanded an annulment of the election.
Mousavi's supporters have participated in massive rallies in Tehran and other cities following the disputes. Iran's state media said around 20 people had been killed in related clashes.
More than 1,000 protestors and dozens of reformist activists were reportedly arrested in the wake of the disputed election. The authorities said that most of them have been released.
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